Poultry-coop.



H. W. BURGETT. POULTRY COOP.

APPLICATION IEILBD MAY 24, 1907.

91 3, 101 Patnted Feb. 23, 1909.

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PV/fnesses To all whom it concern.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

"HENRY W. BURGETT, OF BROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN POULTRY CAR COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

POULTRY-COOP.

Be it known that I, HENRY W. Btmonr'na citizen of the United States, residing at Brookline, in'the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Poultry-Coops, of which'the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in poultry coo s and its object is to change readily the eight of the compartments and to facilitate the insertion-and removal of the troughs."

It consists in arranging supporting slide strips and bracketsin such a manner on the inside of the coop -as--to ipermit. the floors thereof to be removed and reinstated for the purpose of changing the height of the compartment and in placin a trough ina shield to which hangers are aSiXed, which han ers are so constructed as to be readily attac ed and removedfrom thefloor or floors of-the c'orlpipartment above.

y invention further consists in the s ecific improvements hereinafter fully escribed and claimed.

Referring to the drawing in which similar numerals of designation refer to similar parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a side elevation of two poultry coops, a portion of which is broken awa for the purpose of. showing the lower portions of two series of compartments looking at the same from the aisle of the room and showing portions of the screening and the doors of the left hand compartments removed. Fi 2 is an end elevation of one of the co ps s own in Fig. 1

showing on an enlarged scale the lower portion of the coop the screening at one-side and the feed trough and connections being removed. 3 is an en elevation of the removable feed trough, s eld, hangers and curtain. Fig. 4 is a view of the same trough in perspective. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the removable floor. Fig. 6 is a view inperspective of one of the supporting brackets.

In the drawing, is shown a poultry coop,

{which has therein two series of oppositely arranged compartments, and the rame of which is constructed of uprights 72 and lateral strips 73 of wood, metal or other suitable material, and is supported by legs or supports 7401f any desired construction.

Sp ecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 24,1907. Serial No. 375,410.

angle-irons and brackets next above.

other floor is then introduced throughone of- The top of the coo 75 is covered by a roof 0 metal, wood or ot er suitable material, and is secured to the frame in any of the manners well known to the art. floors 49 are preferably made of metal and are secured in position by means of the supporting angle-irons 47 and the brackets 48. The reason for the use of brackets is shown in Fig. 1,.where the part of the coop at which the floors are inserted is illustrated. Look- Secured to the left hand uprights, and the brackets 48 are shown attached to the ri ht hand uprights under the screening. T is arrangement leaves the s ace covered by the doors 51 free forthe ready introduction and removal of the floors 49. I ordinarily prefer to locate the floors of the various compartments twelve inches apart as shown in the right hand series of compartments of Fig. 1. Should it be desired for any reason to divide two compartments into three themid'dle floor is raised and is properly installed in iii 1e the doors 51 and issupported upon the lowest brackets and angle-irons as shown in the lefthand series of compartments of Fig. 1. To introduce the fowls into said comparts ments Iv preferably employ doors 50 extending over two 12 inch compartments.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

The compartment.

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2.) The doors are mounted and secured upon the frame of the coop in any desired manner.

The coops, being preferably removable, are installed in such position as to be side b side with one another, in which case it is impossible to obtain access to the coops through the doors 50. For such continencies, I utilize the doors 51 which being ocated at the 'ends of said coops, are accessible and serve the purpose of removing dead fowls or ofshifting part of the poultry to I other compartments; Y The doors 51 may be h at one edge (see Flg. 1). '52 the troughs 53 may be installed or removed. The trough 53 is ordinarily introduced into the shield 54 to which are attached hangers 55, the upper portion of which are bent so as to form poke 56. The hooks 56 are so constructed as to engage with the upturned flan cs 58 of the floors 49 of op ositely arrange so ho d the trough in position forthe birds in. the compartments immediately below.

The hangers also serve as a means to prevent the floors 49 from moving laterally. The downturned flange 59 serves to keep the floor from moving inwardly toward the troughs, and the hangers 56 secure the said .floor from moving in the opposite direction.

Obviously this featureof my invention may be variously modified. The oppositely arranged floors 4.9 on the same level are so constructed that when installed there is an o ening between their inner or upturned e ges of the proper width to admit of introducing the hangers 56 and maintainin them in roper adjustment. Underneat the shie d54 is secured the curtain or partition 57 which is so constructed as to permit .its readily engaging with the opening between the hangers 56 of the trough below. The shieldis preferably made in two arts 68 and 69, at the lower portion of w ch are two flanges 70 and 71, designed to be secured to said curtain by means of bolts or rivets. When it is desired to change two compartments to three itwill be necessary to introduce a third trough between the two troughs reviously installed. In such case the mid e trough is affixed by means of the hangers 56 to the second floor shown .in the left hand series of compartments of Fig. 1. The partition 57 of thetrough above, though located between the hangers of the new trough, nevertheless permits it to be moved upwardly to a considerable extent, and at the same time permits a proper engagement with the hangers of the lowest trough below. The chief urpose of the curtain 57 is to prevent p0 try' from being crowded beneath the same, or from going from one compartment to the other.

My invention will be found of particular advantage where the compartments are laced in poultry cars and used for housing and transporting live poultry. It is often necessary in loading a poultry car'to change at a moment's notice the full sized compartment used for ordinary hens to a smaller compartment which may be utilized for compartments and spring chickens; To put the smaller fowl 1n the larger compartment results in the loss of much space which, however, is availed of when the two compartments are turned into three. In any two compartments now on the 'market only a few more broilers than full grown fowls can be safely transported, while in three small compartments of my device, formed in the space of two large compartments, I am able to ship more than double the number of the larger poultryordinarily packed in the same space.

What I claim and desireto' secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a poultry coop, removable .feed troughs, removable floors arranged in pairs, the floors of each of said pairs having their adjacent edges turned upwardly, combined with means for attaching each of said feed troughs to the said adjacent edges of one pair of floors and preventing said floors from moving laterally 1n opposite directions to or from each other.

2. In a poultry coop containing two opp) sitely arranged compartments, a remova le floor for each compartment, a feed trough attached to the adjacent edges of said floors, and meansfor preventing said floors from moving laterally to or from each other.

3. In a poultry coo containing two vertical tiers of opposite y arranged compartments, a removable floor for each compartment having an upturned flange at one edge thereof, a feed trough attached to each of said flanges and adapted for the occupants of the two compartments below.v

.4. In a poultry coop containing two oppositely arranged compartments, floors for said com artments a. removable feed trough, a shie d supporting the same, hangers each consisting of two metal stri s attached to said shield and bent outwar 1y at their upper extremities so as to engage with the oors of said oppositely arrangedcomparb ments.

' said oppositely arranged compartments, to-

gether with a thin artition secured to the underside of said so eld and ada ted to be inserted between the hangers o the feed trough below. v

6. In a poultry coo containin two vertical' series of opposite y arrange compartments, floors for said compartments, a vertical series of removable feed troughs each of which has a shield sup orting the same, hangers each consisting 0 two metal strips attached to said shield and bent outwardly In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set at their lfippel' extremities so as to engage my hand in presence of two subscribing wit with the oors of two of said oppositely arnesses, this sixth day of May 1907.

ranged compartments, together with a thin HENRY W. BURGETT. 5 partition secured to. the underside of said Witnesses:

shield 'and adapted to be inserted between DANIEL A. ROLLINS,

the hangers of the feed trough below. l EVERETT N. CURTIS. 

